Lantern.



J. A; MOSHER;

LANTERN.

I APPLICATION FILED SEPT. a, 1907.

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Joana MosHEmIorwE LiNeToN, 01110.

LANTERN.

No. 91o,7os.

Specification r Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 26, 1909.

Application filed September a, 1907. Serial No. 391,166.

I To all whom it may concern:

Be a knownthat 1, OHN A. mm, a

citizen of the United States, andfa'esident of Wellington, county ofLorain, and State of Ohio, have invented certain'new and useful 7 withabase and a dome, and a globe seated between the two; its object bein toprovide an improved seat for the base 0 the globe; and it consists inthe novel features hereinafter pointed out in the lantern as illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the lantern,

' tures 18 for receiving the lugs 17.

some parts being'shown in vertical section Fig. 2 is a plan section ontheline 2 -2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is'a detail of the globe seat.

'Ihe lantern is provided with a guard hoop or cup 10, within which isseated an oil font 11, a dome 12 provided with a crown flange 13, aglobev 14 seated within the guard hoop and engaging thedome, and a guardcage 15 which also constitutes the standard upon which the lantern mayrest when not in use. The seat for the globe is in the form of aflatsplit ring 16, provided with a plurality of radiall projecting lugs 17,the normal diameter o the split ring being slightly greater than thediameter of the guard hoop 10 within which it is inserted bycompression, the guard hoop being provided with 'aper By this means theglobe seat is held in place by its own elasticity, and may be insertedafter the lantern has been otherwise completed, including the tinningoperation.

It is the practice to apply the finish of tin to lanterns of this typeafter the parts have been assembled, and if the globe seat is insortedbefore the tinning operation the tin will accumulate on it unevenly andnot pro- .vide a proper seat forthe globe. The o ing or split 19 in thering 16 accommo ates I the wick raising spindle 20 and the apertures 18are so positioned that this 0 ening is brou ht to and held in the pat ofthis. s/pin le. While I haveshown and prefer a fiat ring for the globeseat, it is ObVlOUS that it may take other forms in crossrsection.

I claim as my invention,

1. In a lantern, in combination with a.

frame comprising a guard hoop,a dome, and a'eage connecting the hoopand'dome, of a flat split ring forming a globe seat and beingelastically expansible and having radial lugs engaging a 'ertures in theguard hoop.

2. In va antern, in combinationv with a frame, comprising a guard hoop,a dome, and a cage connecting the hoop and dome, of a flat compressibleelastic ring forming a globeseat, the hoop being provided with a seatfor the ring.

.3. In a lantern, in combination, a guard hoop, and a flat elastic ringforming a globe seat and being seated withm the hoop, such ring havingan a erture to accommodate-a -wick raising spin lo, and radial lugs forengagin apeitures in the hoo i 4; n a lantern, in com ination with aframe comprising a guard hoop, a dome, and a cage connecting the hoopand dome, of a s lit ring forming a globe-seat and being e asticallyexpansible and having radial lugs the ring.

7 JOHN A. MOSHER. Witnesses:

J. T. HAsKnLL,

J. H. SHELLEY.

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